Etymology

Narvik

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Today it means: A town and municipality in Ofoten district, Nordland, Norway. Full definition →

Old Norse Knarravík
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromKnarravík
  2. English todayNarvik

Originally a Norwegian farm name; from Old Norse Knarravík or *Njarðarvík

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.